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Donald Byrd

Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II (born December 9, 1932) is an American jazz and rhythm and blues trumpeter. A sideman for many other jazz musicians of his generation, Byrd is best known as one of the only bebop jazz musicians who successfully pioneered the funk and soul genres while simultaneously remaining a pop artist.

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Song	Album	Duration
'Round Midnight	2 Trumpets 1956	6:39
'Round Midnight	House of Byrd 1956
'Round Midnight	The Early Years: 1955-1958 2015	6:39
'Round Midnight	Trumpets All Out
(Fallin' Like) Dominoes	The History of Blue Note, Vol. 6: The New Era	4:32
(Fallin' Like) Dominoes	Blue Break Beats, Vol. 3 1997	4:32
(Fallin' Like) Dominoes	Blue Note Trip: Heat Up, Simmer Down 2011	4:32
(Fallin' Like) Dominoes	Blue Break Beats, Vol. 1-4 1999	4:32
(Fallin' Like) Dominoes	Mizell	4:33
(Fallin' Like) Dominoes	Ridin' Low: Funk Jams 2000	4:33
(Fallin' Like) Dominoes	Unknown Album	4:33
A Portrait of Jennie	Donald Byrd at the Half Note Cafe, Vols. 1-2 1960	6:49
A Portrait of Jennie	At the Half Note Cafe, Vols. 1-2 1960	6:49
Almost Like Being in Love	Quartet & Quintet 2008	4:40
Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea	At the Half Note Cafe, Vols. 1-2 1960
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea	At the Half Note Cafe, Vol. 2 1960	9:56
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea	Donald Byrd at the Half Note Cafe, Vol. 1-2 1960	9:54
*Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea []**	At the Half Note Cafe, Vols. 1-2 1960	9:56
Black Byrd	MVP Classic Jazz Funk, Vol. 2 1996	7:16
Black Byrd	The Best of Donald Byrd 1992	7:20
Black Byrd	The Essential 2003	7:21
Black Byrd	Billboard Top Contemporary Urban Jazz 1999	7:16
Black Byrd	Blue Note 50th Anniversary Collection, Vol. 5 1970-89: Lighting the Fuse 1989
Black Byrd	Donald Byrd's Best
Black Byrd	70's Funk Jazz 1997	7:18
Black Byrd	The Best of Blue Note [2014] 2014	7:20
Black Byrd	Icon 2: The Best of Blue Note 2014	7:20
Black Byrd	Street Grooves [Fantasy] 2002	7:20
Black Byrd	Black Byrd 1973	8:00
Black Byrd	Jazz Super Hits of the '70s & '80s 1992	7:20
Black Byrd	Giant Steps 1994
Black Byrd	The Jazz Box 2004
Black Byrd	The Blue Box Blue Note's Best 2002	7:22
Black Byrd	Blue Note: Uncompromising Expression - The Singles Collection 2014	7:18
Black Byrd	Playboy's 40th Anniversary: Four Decades of Jazz 1953-1993 1993	8:00
Black Byrd	Jazz FM Presents: The Legends of Blue Note 2011	7:19
Black Byrd	Unknown Album	8:00
Blackbyrd	The Best of Donald Byrd 1992	7:20
Blackbyrd	Black Byrd 1973	7:21
Body and Soul	All Night Long 1956	10:21
Body and Soul	All Night Long/All Day Long 2007
Body and Soul	Ballad Essentials 2005	6:31
Body and Soul	Introduction to Jazz Guitar 2009	6:28
Body and Soul	Unknown Album	10:21
*Body and Soul []**	All Night Long 1956	10:20
Body and Soul [Plus Tune Up]	Body & Soul 1963
Boom Boom	Up with Donald Byrd 1964	4:24
Boom Boom	His Majesty King Funk/Up with Donald Byrd 1995	4:24
Boom Boom	Some More Horizons 2005	4:17
Boom Boom	Unknown Album	4:24
Cantaloop	True Blue: 75 Years of Blue Note Records 2014	4:39
Caravan	Jazz Masters: Lou Donaldson, Vol. 2 2011	5:56
Caravan	Classic Collaborations, Vol. 4 2014	5:56
Caricatures	Caricatures 1976	5:10
Caricatures [Remastered 2002]	Caricatures 1976	5:11
Change	Diggin' on Blue 1999
Change (Makes You Wanna Hustle)	The Best of Donald Byrd 1992	5:09
Change (Makes You Wanna Hustle)	The Essential 2003	5:10
Change (Makes You Wanna Hustle)	Classic Jazz-Funk, Vol. 1 [Mastercuts] 1991	5:08
Change (Makes You Wanna Hustle)	Donald Byrd's Best
Change (Makes You Wanna Hustle)	Strut'n' Get Up: Funky Fat Slices of Groove [18 Tracks] 2003
Change (Makes You Wanna Hustle)	Mizell 2005	5:08
Change (Makes You Wanna Hustle)	Funkin' on the 1 2001	5:07
Change (Makes You Wanna Hustle)	Places and Spaces 1975	5:06
Change (Makes You Wanna Hustle)	MVP Classic Jazz Funk, Vol. 1 1996	5:10
Change (Makes You Wanna Hustle) [Stereo]	Land of 1000 Dances: Special Soul & Funk Edition 2004	3:21
Change (Makes You Want To Hussle)	Beginners Guide To Jazz-Funk 2013
Change (Makes You Want to Hustle)	Strut'n' Get Up: Funky Fat Slices of Groove [18 Tracks] 2003
Change (Makes You Want to Hustle)	The Essential 2003	5:10
Change (Makes You Want to Hustle)	Mizell	5:07
Change (Makes You Want to Hustle)	Places and Spaces 1975	5:08
Change (Makes You Want to Hustle)	Blue Note: Uncompromising Expression - The Singles Collection 2014	5:08
Dancing in the Dark	The Early Years: 1955-1958 2015	7:37
Dancing in the Dark	Byrd Jazz: First Flight at the Motor City Scenes 2017	7:37
Dancing in the Dark	First Flight: Yusef Lateef with Donald Byrd 1955	7:37
Design a Nation	Stepping into Tomorrow 1975	4:23
Design a Nation	Mizell	4:20
Design a Nation	Say It Loud! [Blue Note] 2003
Dominoes, (Fallin' Like)	Places and Spaces 1975	4:32
Don't Blame Me	Quartet & Quintet 2008	6:35
Everything Happens To Me	Four Classic Albums 2014
Everything Happens to Me	Trumpet Angels 2007	5:47
Everything Happens to Me	The Early Years: 1955-1958 2015	5:47
Everything Happens to Me	The Transition Sessions 2002	5:47
Everything Happens to Me	Byrd's Eye View 1955	5:45
I Feel Like Loving You Today	Unknown Album	6:55
I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)	Mustang 1966	5:51
I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)	Getting Down to Business 1990	8:29
I Married an Angel	The Birth of Hard Bop	6:58
I Married an Angel	The Most Relaxing Jazz Music in the Universe 2003	4:31
I'm A Fool to Want You	Royal Flush	6:17
I've Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)	Mustang 1966	5:55
If I Love Again	The Savoy Story, Vol. 1: Jazz 1999	5:48
If I Love Again	The Early Years: 1955-1958 2015	4:41
If I Love Again	With Strings + Byrd Blows on Beacon Hill 2006
If I Love Again	The Transition Sessions 2002	4:41
If I Love Again	Byrd Blows on Beacon Hill 1957	4:41
If I Love Again	Four Classic Albums 2014
If I Love Again	The Legends of Savoy, Vol. 6	5:48
If I Love Again	Long Green 1955
*If I Love Again []**	With Strings [Bonus Tracks] 2006	4:39
Imagination	Complete Jazz Lab Studio Sessions, Vol. 3 2006	5:40
Imagination	Masterpiece Collection of Donald Byrd 2013	5:40
Imagination	Top Brass Featuring Five Trumpets 1955	4:41
Imagination	Top Brass 1955	4:41
It Might As Well Be Spring	Complete Live At the Olympia 1958	6:32
It Might as Well Be Spring	Au Chat Qui Peche 2005	6:32
It Might as Well Be Spring	Top Brass Featuring Five Trumpets 1955	1:01
It Might as Well Be Spring	Top Brass 1955	1:01
It Might as Well Be Spring	Unknown Album	1:01
It's You or No One	Hard Bop 1957
Just My Imagination	The Best Smooth Jazz...Ever! [4 CD Virgin] 2003	4:38
Just My Imagination	Places and Spaces 1975	4:36
Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)	Blue 'n' Soul 1992	4:39
Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)	The Best Smooth Jazz...Ever! [2 CD EMI] 2004	4:38
Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)	Places and Spaces 1975	4:36
Lansana's Priestess	The Best of Donald Byrd 1992	7:42
Lansana's Priestess	The Essential 2003	7:43
Lansana's Priestess	Blue Breakbeats 1998	7:47
Lansana's Priestess	Street Lady	7:42
Lansana's Priestess	Donald Byrd's Best
Lansana's Priestess	Grass Roots 2001	7:04
Lansana's Priestess	Diggin' on Blue 2004
Lansana's Priestess	Unknown Album	7:04
Loungin -	Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1 1993	4:39
Loungin'	New York Lounge, Vol. 2: One Night on Broadway 2003	4:34
Loungin'	Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1 1993	4:38
Loungin'	Loungin'	4:44
Loungin'	Jazz Chillout [Blue Note] 2002	4:38
Loungin'	Keep Your Worries 2000	4:38
Loungin'	East Coast Hip Hop 2018	4:38
Loungin'	The Best of Guru's Jazzmatazz 2008	4:38
Loungin'	Jazz Chillout, Vol. 1.0	4:38
Loungin'	Unknown Album	4:39
Loungin´	Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1 1993	4:44
Lover Come Back To Me	Three Classic Albums
Lover Come Back To Me	Pure Jazz [AP] 2012	6:52
Lover Come Back To Me	Jazz Masters 2011	6:52
Lover Come Back To Me	The Classic Years 2012	6:52
Lover Come Back to Me	Best Blue Note RVG Collection 100 2008	1:30
Lover Come Back to Me	Off to the Races [RVG Edition] 1958	6:52
Lover Come Back to Me	Off to the Races	6:52
Lover Come Back to Me	Sudwest Funk 2014	6:52
Lover Come Back to Me	Down Tempo 2009	6:52
Lover Come Back to Me	Unknown Album	6:52
Lover, Come Back To Me	Eight Classic Albums 2012
Lover, Come Back to Me	Off to the Races 1958
Lover, Come Back to Me	Complete Blue Note Donald Byrd/Pepper Adams Studio Sessions 2000	6:52
Lover, Come Back to Me	The Definitive Classic Blue Note Collection 2014	6:50
My Babe	Up with Donald Byrd 1964	2:48
My Babe	His Majesty King Funk/Up with Donald Byrd 1995	2:48
My Babe	Unknown Album
Over the Rainbow	Les Tresors du Jazz 1957 2008	8:20
Over the Rainbow	Complete Jazz Lab Studio Sessions, Vol. 1 2006	8:18
Over the Rainbow	The Early Years: 1955-1958 2015	8:18
Over the Rainbow	Harold Arlen Songbook: Over the Rainbow 2005	8:18
Over the Rainbow	Jazz Lab
Over the Rainbow	Jazz Lab/Modern Jazz Perspective 1995	8:21
Over the Rainbow [From: The Wizard of Oz]	Jazz Lab 1957	8:17
People Will Say We're In Love	With Strings + Byrd Blows on Beacon Hill 2006
People Will Say We're In Love	Four Classic Albums 2014
People Will Say We're in Love	The Early Years: 1955-1958 2015	3:39
People Will Say We're in Love	The Transition Sessions 2002	3:39
People Will Say We're in Love	Byrd Blows on Beacon Hill 1957	3:39
*People Will Say We're in Love []**	With Strings [Bonus Tracks] 2006	3:38
Places And Spaces	Unknown Album	6:19
Places and Spaces	The Best of Donald Byrd 1992	6:20
Places and Spaces	The Essential 2003	6:20
Places and Spaces	Tender Feelin's: Silky Cuts for Cool Cats 2003	6:18
Places and Spaces	Places and Spaces 1975	6:16
Polka Dots and Moonbeams	The Early Years: 1955-1958 2015	7:21
Polka Dots and Moonbeams	The Transition Sessions 2002	7:21
Polka Dots and Moonbeams	Byrd Blows on Beacon Hill 1957	7:20
Polka Dots and Moonbeams	Four Classic Albums 2014
Polka Dots and Moonbeams	Jazz for Readers, Vol. 1 2007
*Polka Dots and Moonbeams []**	With Strings [Bonus Tracks] 2006	7:19
Return of the King	Caricatures 1976	4:51
Return of the King [Remastered 2002]	Caricatures 1976	4:51
Return to Paradise	The Transition Sessions 2002	12:50
Rock & Roll Again	Donald Byrd's Best
Rock and Roll Again	Stepping into Tomorrow 1975	6:10
Round Midnight	Meeting Donald Byrd 2013	6:38
Round Midnight	Prestige 2013	10:10
Science Funktion	Caricatures 1976	4:50
Science Funktion [Remastered 2002]	Caricatures 1976	4:51
Secret Love	Slow Drag 1967	3:58
See See Rider	Up with Donald Byrd 1964	4:01
See See Rider	His Majesty King Funk/Up with Donald Byrd 1995	4:01
Sister Love	Street Lady	6:46
Sister Love	Free Soul: The Classics of Blue Note 2004
Sister Love	Unknown Album	6:11
Some Day My Prince Will Come	September Afternoon 1956
Someday My Prince Will Come	With Strings + Byrd Blows on Beacon Hill 2006
Someday My Prince Will Come	With Strings [Bonus Tracks] 2006	2:50
Someone To Watch Over Me	Timeless Donald Byrd 2002	7:40
Someone To Watch Over Me	Four Classic Albums 2014
Someone to Watch Over Me	Late Night Jazz, Vol. 1 [Somerset] 2005	7:39
Someone to Watch Over Me	Late Night Jazz [Somerset] 2006	7:39
Someone to Watch Over Me	The Early Years: 1955-1958 2015	7:35
Someone to Watch Over Me	Winterset 1999	7:39
Someone to Watch Over Me	Timeless: Donald Byrd 2002	7:40
Someone to Watch Over Me	Long Green 1955
Someone to Watch Over Me	The Intro Collection: Dinner Jazz 2008	7:40
Someone to Watch over Me	More of the Most Relaxing Jazz Music in the Universe 2003	7:39
Someone to Watch over Me	The Most Romantic Jazz Music in the Universe 2004	7:39
Someone to Watch over Me	Byrd's Word 1955	7:38
Sophisticated Lady	Chant 1979
Sophisticated Lady	Complete Blue Note Donald Byrd/Pepper Adams Studio Sessions 2000	4:35
Sophisticated Lady	Unknown Album
*Speak Low [Alternate Take][]**	Sonny's Crib [1987 Bonus Tracks] 1959	5:00
Speak Low [From One Touch of Venus]	Sonny's Crib [1987 Bonus Tracks] 1959	6:45
Star Eyes	Groovin' High: The Ultimate Trumpet Collection 2004	7:49
Star Eyes	The Early Years: 1955-1958 2015	7:47
Star Eyes	Byrd's Word 1955
Star Eyes	Timeless Donald Byrd 2002	7:49
Star Eyes	Savoy 60th Anniversary: Timeless 2002	7:49
Star Eyes	Timeless: Donald Byrd 2002	7:49
Star Eyes	Long Green 1955
Star Eyes	Savoy's Finest, Vol. 3	7:49
Star Eyes	Simply Jazz [2012] 2012	7:48
Star Eyes	Unknown Album
Stardust	September Afternoon 1956
Stardust	With Strings + Byrd Blows on Beacon Hill 2006
Stardust	Complete Live At the Olympia 1958	3:18
Stardust	In a Soulful Mood	10:16
Stardust	Parisian Thoroughfare 1958	3:18
Stardust	Motor City Scene	10:16
Stardust	Eight Classic Albums 2012
Stardust	With Strings [Bonus Tracks] 2006	3:28
Stareyes	Winterset 1999	7:50
Stareyes	Four Classic Albums 2014
Stareyes	Byrd's Word 1955	7:49
Steppin' Into Tomorrow	The Best of Donald Byrd 1992	5:11
Steppin' into Tomorrow	Blue Note: Best Of 2009	5:10
Stepping Into Tomorrow	The Hand on the Torch [Ultimate] 1993	5:10
Stepping into Tomorrow	The Best of Donald Byrd 1992	5:11
Stepping into Tomorrow	On the Corner 2008	5:12
Stepping into Tomorrow	The Essential 2003	5:13
Stepping into Tomorrow	Stepping into Tomorrow 1975	5:10
Stepping into Tomorrow	Donald Byrd's Best
Stepping into Tomorrow	Untinted: Sources for Madlib's Shades of Blue 2003	5:12
Stepping into Tomorrow	Straight No Chaser 1993	5:11
Taking a Chance On Love	Top Brass Featuring Five Trumpets 1955	3:43
Taking a Chance on Love	Top Brass 1955	3:43
That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)	Unknown Album	5:17
That Lucky Old Sun [Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day]	His Majesty King Funk! 1965	5:17
The Nearness of You	Top Brass Featuring Five Trumpets 1955	2:37
The Nearness of You	Top Brass 1955	2:37
The Onliest	Getting Down to Business 1990	9:55
The Onliest	Landmarks	10:01
The Traveler	Jazzmatazz, Vol. 2 (The New Reality) 1995	4:01
There Is No Greater Love	Classic Collaborations, Vol. 3 2014	6:54
There is No Greater Love	Jazz Masters: Lou Donaldson, Vol. 2 2011	6:54
Think Twice	The Best of Donald Byrd 1992	6:11
Think Twice	Chips & Cheers: Blue Note Mix Tape, Vol. 1 2002	5:55
Think Twice	The Essential 2003	6:12
Think Twice	Droppin' Science: Greatest Samples from the Blue Note Lab 2008	6:11
Think Twice	Blue '70s: Blue Note Got Soul	6:12
Think Twice	Smooth Jazz: Love Vocal 2008	6:11
Think Twice	Blue Note Remixed: 50 of the Best	6:10
Think Twice	Stepping into Tomorrow 1975	6:11
Think Twice	Beginners Guide To Jazz-Funk 2013
Think Twice	Blue Note Trip Jazzanova: Lookin' Back/Movin' On 2005	6:10
Think Twice	Mizell	6:10
Think Twice	Jazz In the City	6:10
Think Twice	Diggin' on Blue 1999
Think Twice	Kind of Soul 2000
Think Twice	Unknown Album	6:11
When Your Lover Has Gone	2 Trumpets 1956	5:13
Wind Parade	The Best of Donald Byrd 1992	6:09
Wind Parade	The Essential 2003	6:09
Wind Parade	Blue '70s: Blue Note Got Soul	6:09
Wind Parade	Blue Breakbeats 1998	6:10
Wind Parade	Droppin' Science: Greatest Samples from the Blue Note Lab 2008	6:09
Wind Parade	Strange Games and Funky Things, Vol. 2 1998
Wind Parade	Mizell	6:09
Wind Parade	Morning Side of Love 2002	6:06
Wind Parade	Places and Spaces 1975	6:07
Wind Parade	Diggin' on Blue 2004
Wind Parade	Strange Games and Things 2001
Wind Parade	Unknown Album	6:09
Windparade	Into Blue
Witchcraft	Byrd in Hand 1959	8:29
You Are the World	Strut'n' Get Up: Funky Fat Slices of Groove [18 Tracks] 2003
You Are the World	Stepping into Tomorrow 1975	4:31
You Are the World	Unknown Album	4:31
You're My Thrill	Hard Bop 1957
Zing Went the Strings of My Heart	Complete Jazz Lab Studio Sessions, Vol. 3 2006	6:05
Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart	Jazz Trumpet, Vol. 1: Classic Jazz to Swing 1983	6:12
Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart	Jazz Lab 1957

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